As told by Stobaeus...someone who had begun to learn geometry with Euclid, when he had learnt the first theorem, asked Euclid "What shall I get by learning these things?" Euclid called his slave and said "Give him threepence since he must make gain out of what he learns".

HAHAHAHAAH I can see it now, some guy sitting in therapy when he's 30, talking about a faint emmory of some old hairy dude in a dress with stickers over his nipples, and all the problems its caused since then....oh the memories

As told by Stobaeus...someone who had begun to learn geometry with Euclid, when he had learnt the first theorem, asked Euclid "What shall I get by learning these things?" Euclid called his slave and said "Give him threepence since he must make gain out of what he learns".